[SC-BIFF] Former director Justin “The status of K-content has risen, white colleagues have consensus”

[Busan = Sports Chosun Reporter Jo Ji-young] Former coach Justin said, “Now a white colleague is trying to build consensus with me.”

On the afternoon of the 6th, a press conference for the 28th Busan International Film Festival ‘Korean American Special Exhibition: Korean Diaspora’ was held at the KNN Theater, KNN Tower, located in U-dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan. Attending the press conference on this day were actors John Cho, Steven Yeun, and directors Lee Isaac Chung and Justin Jeon.

Coach Justin Jeon said, “I love that white colleagues are now trying to build consensus with me. I’m interested in what can come out of Korean culture and what parts are different. The atmosphere of wanting to talk to us is something I grew up with. “It was something I never experienced when I came here. Mainstream society didn’t want to communicate with us. Now, we’re having a beautiful time where dialogue seems to be open,”he added.

Meanwhile, this year’s Busan Film Festival opened on the 4th and will be held in the Busan area for 10 days until the 13th. The opening film was ‘Because I Hate Korea’, a new film by Korean director Jang Geon-jae, and the closing film was ‘The Emperor of Movies’, a new film by Chinese director Ning Hao.

Reporter Jo Ji-young soulhn1220@sportschosun.com